by Justine Dodgen Originally posted on the BAPF: Bay Area Policy Forum Website, March 12, 2015 Last week, the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy hosted the Bay Area Policy Forum (BAPF) in San Francisco. BAPF, an annual conference for Price students in the Master of Public Read more…
by Justine Dodgen When we talk of governance our first thought is often of the behavior of public officials, but governance is an idea that goes beyond politics; in fact there are many different spaces in which we can talk about governance. Coming up, we’ll be discussing college athletics as a form of Read more…
by Justine Dodgen This week, the White House hosted a summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to discuss how the United States and its partners can counter extremist ideologies and prevent the radicalization of domestic individuals. The summit’s emphasis on countering homegrown terrorism comes in response to the evolving form of Read more…
by Justine Dodgen While Pasadena City Hall may be best known for its appearances on the hit show Parks and Recreation, it is also home to one of the longest-governing mayors in LA County. Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, has been elected four times, having first taken office in 1999. On Read more…
by Justine Dodgen On February 17, The Bedrosian Center will host the first event of the Center’s newest program series, Policy at the Playhouse. With this series, the Bedrosian Center aims to recognize that conversations about governance take place in diverse spaces and are voiced by many different communities. The first Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, former CEO of Los Angeles County Bill Fujioka joined students at the Bedrosian Center’s Lunch with a Leader event to discuss his ideas about leadership and how they helped him rise to LA County’s top appointed position. Long before he was CEO, Fujioka says, his Read more…
by Justine Dodgen 2014-2015 Faculty Research Awards Announced The Bedrosian Center is pleased to announce the research projects that have been selected for Faculty Research Awards for the 2014-2015 academic year. Pam McCann, Assistant Professor at Price, received an award for a research project to develop a political bargaining theory that Read more…
by Justine Dodgen The events surrounding the Paris massacre have sparked an international debate on the right to free speech. While there is widespread consensus over the unspeakable tragedy of these events, reactions over the political implications have varied; free speech champions have lauded Charlie Hebdo for its brave stance, others Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, the Bedrosian Center hosted Professor Edward Kleinbard of Gould Law School to discuss his new book, We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend our Money. In our conversation, Kleinbard, students, and fellow faculty discussed the themes of federal government spending and how fiscal policy Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Doane Liu, Deputy Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, is no stranger to local government. Liu, the first deputy mayor appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti of the four in his administration, oversees 15 city departments that directly impact our neighborhoods, including Water and Power, Transportation, Public Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Two years ago, 92nd Street Y Executive Director Henry Timms came up with an idea. To maintain the spirit of Thanksgiving in a culture that has been overrun by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, he started Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to giving back to our communities. Giving Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Edward D. Kleinbard’s solution to America’s economic inequality might seem pretty revolutionary. Last month, The LA Times quoted Kleinbard as saying, “the left sees me as a Wall Street Journal Satanist, and the right as a stealth Marxian bent on destroying free enterprise.” When you have a plan Read more…
by Justine Dodgen and Raphael Bostic Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton One in four children in America is functionally illiterate, according to LeVar Burton, host and executive producer of the well-known children’s show, Reading Rainbow. Many recent studies have pointed out that America has fallen from the top ranks of educational standards, Read more…
by Justine Dodgen On October 26, Tunisia held free and fair elections to choose a new representative parliament for the first time since the Jasmine Revolution occurred in 2011. More than half of Tunisia’s population voted among thousands of candidates from more than 100 political parties for the People’s Assembly’s Read more…
by Justine Dodgen As many of us are aware, climate change is a key public policy issue that has been garnering greater attention in recent years. According to Dr. Shui-Yan Tang, Professor of Public Administration at the USC Price School and Dr. Myungjung Kwon, Professor at California State University, Fullerton, local Read more…
by Justine Dodgen As we highlighted earlier this year, 2014 is the biggest year in the history of democracy and India led the charge with the largest democratic election in the world this past spring. India’s spring elections selected members of its lower house, the Lok Sabha, from which a new Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Over the last few weeks, the United States has escalated its offensive against ISIS, also referred to as ISIL, Daesh, and the Islamic State. As ISIS continues to launch attacks in Iraq and Syria, notably the siege of Kobani, a town on the Syria-Turkey border and home to Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, thousands of Hong Kong students began protesting Beijing’s recent decision to place limitations on the selection of candidates for Hong Kong’s 2017 Chief Executive election. On August 31, Beijing announced that it will only allow politicians who have been approved by a pro-Beijing nominating committee to Read more…
by Justine Dodgen With the 2014 mid-term elections just over a month away, there has been speculation about voter turnout. In the 2012 Presidential elections, citizens ages 18-29 represented one-fifth (21%) of eligible voters. However, only 45 percent of eligible voters in this age group actually participated in the elections. (Circle) Read more…